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The Department of Theater offers education and participation in all aspects of drama, with course offerings in acting, stagecraft, costume design, scene design, directing, screenwriting and playwriting. Students have the opportunity to perform on stage as well as to serve on the technical crews in mainstage theatrical productions each year. The high ratio of faculty to students ensures that students will be able to work closely with highly skilled professionals. The department treats all performances as educational experiences and welcomes the participation of all students regardless of their academic majors and career goals.

Actor education in the theater program prepares majors for career opportunities in the American theater. Graduates are employed nationally and regionally. The MFA in Acting Program, a collaboration between the university and The Cleveland Play House, represents a unique alliance between one of the oldest theater programs in the United States and the nation’s first regional theater.

News

The Learned Ladies by Molière
Directed by Ron Wilson
April 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 8 p.m.
April 12 and 19 at 2:30 p.m.
Moliere’s brilliant and cutting satire turns academia on its head. Two young lovers are kept apart by the young woman’s mother, who desires that her daughter marry a scholar of only the highest rate!
The production staff includes Scenic Design by Jill Davis, […Read more]

Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergen
February 13-22, 2015
A twenty-something security guard tries to woo a rookie female cop but unexpectedly gets drawn into a murder investigation. As the story unfolds, he is caught between his personal loyalty and doing the right thing.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn
November 14-23, 2014
Directed by Jerrold Scott • Musical Direction by Brad Wyner
Six quirky students compete in the annual Putnam County spelling bee, which is run by three equally quirky adults. This musical brings out the nerdy competitor in all of us, and challenges the audience to see if they could do as well as the students! […Read more]

Auditions for the spring semester productions at CWRU’s Eldred Theater will be held from 6-8.30 pm on November 24, 2014, in the Eldred Theater. A small number of slots will be available on November 25 if the previous day should fill up, and call backs for the shows will be held that same night. A sign-up sheet will be posted in the Eldred Theater lounge. The auditions are open to the university community.
This spring’s productions are Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergen and The Learned Ladies by Molière. […Read more]